A little history to distract you from the present
The Bell School Bugle, Published by the Westport Historical Society For the Duration of Social Distancing/ Self Isolaton/Quarantine. We welcome your contributions to The Bell School Bugle. You can share your own memories or old photos by sending them to westporthistory@ westporthistory.net.
Gooseberry: “A neck of land that lyeth a joyning to the south side of the Horseneck in Darthmouth containing 74 acres of land and ponds and land commonly coled and known by ye name of Goosebery neck and ye south end there of by the name of poynt peril, layd out to Christopher Gifford March the 6 day 1707.”
William Almy, Jr. was interviewed by Mary Giles on October 25, 1975. He spoke to her at length about his family’s long history in Westport, along with his career in horse breeding.
“I can tell you quite a few things about Gooseberry Neck. I used to, when I was a very young boy, drive with my mother in a meadowbrush cart. There was a bar, which went from East Beach to Gooseberry Neck and at very low tide it would be exposed…”
To listen to the interview, visit https://wpthistory.org/2014/07/william-almy-jr/
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